CN104550198B - Xenon recovery system and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
Xe is contained within an article such as a bulb. Described herein is an apparatus, system, and method for capturing and collecting Xe contained within an article of manufacture, such as a defective bulb, for recovery and/or reuse.
Description
Technical field
Described herein is the devices, systems, and methods of the recovery manufacture raw material such as xenon from product.It is also described herein
It is the system and method for reclaiming and recycling the manufacture raw material.More particularly, described herein reclaimed and in some realities
Apply the devices, systems, and methods that the xenon derived from product (such as, but not limited to the bulb element containing xenon) is recycled in mode.
Background technology
In practice for all applications, low pressure xenon lamps bubble and the substitute that line pressure Xe lamp bulb is incandescent lamp bulb, and with
Many reasons substitute incandescent lamp bulb.Low pressure xenon lamps are steeped and the line pressure Xe lamp bulb life-span is up to 20,000 hours and the incandescent lamp bulb longevity
Life is usually 2,000 hours.Single-handedly dress, which holds incandescent lamp bulb, can greatly reduce the life-span of bulb.In addition, low pressure xenon lamps bubble and
Line pressure Xe lamp bulb does not launch UV ray.This characteristic causes low pressure xenon lamps bubble and line pressure Xe lamp bulb to be ideally used to sensitivity and knit
Near thing and the art work.
In the manufacturing process for making Xe lamp bulb, the bulb of certain percentage has defect, such as described bulb deformity, electricity
Pole misfires or other reasonses.The defect bulb is removed and gone out of use from production line.Then, the defect Xe lamp bulb is thrown
Enter glass-melting furnace and xenon contained therein leaves smelting furnace by flue.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide method, system, device or its combination are such as, but not limited in bulb for capturing article
Xenon, to be reused in the production of for example new Xe lamp bulb of other products, or it is reused in other lifes in addition to Xe lamp bulb
Production process.
The content of the invention
Mthods, systems and devices described herein preferably meet the needs of at least one this area.Side described herein
Method, system and device are from product, more particularly, from containing xenon (Xe), nitrogen (N2), optionally Krypton (Kr) and other traces
Xenon is reclaimed in the bulb of amount gas (such as hydrogen phosphide, methyl bromide etc.).Methods described, system and device are by glass bulb and its
In it is contained to be recycled and the gas in manufacturing process to be reused for is separated in some embodiments.
On the one hand, there is provided for being captured from product and reclaiming the device of xenon, it is included：
(a) feed hopper, the charging of the wherein product containing xenon is included for receiving, and has and be connected to leading for pressure vessel
Pipe；
(b) pressure vessel, its have band lid for being used to receiving the opening of charging, the bottom that is connected with collection vessel and its
In the disintegrating machine that includes, wherein, the pressure vessel is in fluid communication with vavuum pump, wherein, product described in the crusher in crushing
To provide thick admixture of gas and the glass residue containing Xe；
(c) collection vessel, for accommodating the glass residue from the pressure vessel；
(d) optionally, main body dust arrester (bulk dust collector), its connected with the pressure vessel fluid with
Dirt more than removing is any as caused by the glass residue；
(e) recovery line, it is connected with the pressure vessel, can be by the thick gas containing xenon from the pressure vessel
It is removed and sent to returnable；
(f) automatic valve in the recovery line, it has is connected with the signal of process controller；
(g) process controller；And
(h) returnable, it can accommodate the thick xenon.In some embodiments, the pressure vessel is contained in
In the shell optionally divulged information.
On the other hand, there is provided the system for capturing in the product containing xenon therefrom and reclaiming xenon, it is included：
The pressure vessel that can be sealed, it, which is included, is used for the reception wherein entrance of the product containing xenon, acquisition product simultaneously
The disintegrating machine of glass residue is formed, wherein, the pressure vessel is provided with to be connected with vavuum pump, optional main body dust arrester fluid
It is logical, and one or more pipeline being electrically connected with process controller；
Rise from the recovery line of the pressure vessel, it can remove thick xenon from the pressure vessel, and by its
Deliver to returnable；With
Process controller.
The further aspect of the present invention includes：
#1, the device of capture and recovery process gas from product, it is included：
(a) feed hopper, reception, which includes the wherein charging of the product containing process gas and had, is connected to pressure vessel
Conduit, wherein the process gas includes xenon (Xe)；
(b) pressure vessel, there is the band lid for being used to receiving the opening of charging, the bottom that is connected with collection vessel and wherein
Comprising disintegrating machine, wherein, the pressure vessel and vavuum pump are in fluid communication, wherein, product described in the crusher in crushing
To provide thick admixture of gas and the glass residue containing Xe；
(c) collection vessel, for receiving the glass residue from the pressure vessel；
(d) optionally, main body dust arrester, connected with the pressure vessel fluid to remove as caused by the glass residue
Any remaining dirt；
(e) recovery line, it is connected, the thick gas containing xenon can be removed from the pressure vessel with the pressure vessel
Go and deliver to returnable；
(f) automatic valve in the recovery line, it has is connected with the signal of process controller；
(g) process controller；And
(h) returnable, it is electrically connected with the process controller, wherein the returnable includes the thick xenon.
#2, the device according to #1, wherein, the pressure vessel is contained in the shell of ventilation.
#3, the device according to #1, wherein, the returnable includes storage barrel.
#4, the device according to #1, it further includes clarifier, wherein, the thick xenon mixture is being sent to
It is purified before stating returnable.
#5, for the system that the product containing xenon captures and reclaims xenon therefrom, it is included：
The pressure vessel that can be sealed, it, which is included, is used to receive the wherein entrance of the product containing xenon, acquisition product and shape
Into the disintegrating machine of glass residue, wherein, the pressure vessel is provided with to be in fluid communication with vavuum pump, optional main body dust arrester
, and one or more pipeline being electrically connected with process controller；
The recovery line from the pressure vessel is played, it can remove thick xenon from the pressure vessel, and be passed to back
Receptacle；With
Process controller.
#6, the system according to #5, it further includes the clarifier for removing impurity from the thick xenon mixture.
#7, the system according to #5, it further includes the separator for removing nitrogen from the thick xenon.
It can be used in combination for the feature of one aspect of the present invention description with any other aspect of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is provided available for the recovery Xe from glass bulb and the Xe of recovery is delivered into returnable (not shown)
Device embodiment isometric view.
Fig. 2 provides the example of the system for reclaiming Xe from glass bulb.
Fig. 3 provides the example of Fig. 2 system, and it is used for the Xe captured from bulb release and is transferred into storage appearance
Device.
Fig. 4 is provided for from glass bulb reclaiming Xe and using catalyst material being removed poisonous impurities from thick Xe
The example of system, wherein, the Xe captured delivers to storage container as shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 5 provides the example of Fig. 4 system, wherein, thick Xe is purified by washer, and the Xe of nontoxic purifying and
Nitrogen mixture delivers to storage container.The nontoxic purifying xenon and nitrogen mixture are recycling in glass after additional purification
Glass bulb production process or other production processes.
Fig. 6 is provided for reclaiming Xe from glass bulb and using catalyst material by initial impurity from the thick xenon
The example of the system of removing, wherein the xenon delivers to returnable.
Fig. 7 is provided in any system shown in Fig. 2,4 or 6, and the thick Xe mixtures obtained in the system are in quilt
Before delivering to returnable and/or recycling, how to purify removing initial and/or poisonous impurities, removing nitrogen and providing nothing
The highly enriched Xe (for example, Xe higher than 90% purity) of poison example.
Fig. 8 provides the example of the system in Fig. 6 and 7, wherein, the Xe of purifying is compressed and is transferred to returnable,
Wherein, it can be reused in the production process of glass bulb on the spot, or for other production process.
Embodiment
Material recovery provides the chance for reducing cost and reducing caused amount of waste in Xe lamp bulb production process.Defect
Or substandard bulb ball, such as not luminous or with open defect bulb contains admixture of gas, it includes Xe, N2、
Optional Kr and other components (such as hydrogen phosphide, methyl bromide, silane or other gases).In a detailed embodiment, institute
State product and include glass bulb, its have by volume about 90% or more Xe, by volume 8% or less N2It is and remaining
Under other components, such as, but not limited to, hydrogen phosphide, methyl bromide, silane etc., wherein, all percents by volume add up to
100%.Art methods simply by defect xenon lamp alveolar sphere abandon into glass-melting furnace and gaseous xenon contained therein from cigarette
Escaped in road.Herein included device, method and system by Xe reclaim be reused in bulb production or other purposes without
It is as waste processing.Material recovery improves the utilization ratio of production process and reduced and given up caused by production process
Object amount.Although method described herein, system and/or device are used to capture from bulb production process and recycle Xe, can with
Believe, these methods, system and/or device can extend to other production processes or other wherein systems containing gaseous component
Product.
Described herein is a kind of device, and it is used to reclaim material requested to minimize caused by waste yield, such as but
Xe is not limited to, and in some embodiments, it is allowed to the material requested is captured and stored to be reused in production process.
Previously, the Xe in defect bulb was together handled with glass bulb and all related components as waste.Method described herein, it is
System and device allow the Xe for producing waste or being contained in defect bulb to be trapped in storage container, in storage barrel, and then
It is used further to the production in future.In some embodiments, fluid can be condensed into before storing by reclaiming Xe.In these implementations
In mode, reclaim Xe and mutually captured in a reservoir with condensing.The Xe can be then by heating the container and the Xe that gasifies
To recycle.Term " fluid " used herein represents gaseous state, liquid, supercritical fluid, steam and combinations thereof.
In a detailed embodiment, the defect bulb ball each weighs about 4.65 grams (gm) and each bulb contains
About 2 cubic centimetres (cc's) under 5 atmospheric pressure under (atm) includes Xe, N2And the gas of other materials.In this embodiment
In, then can the potential mark of recovery about 35.3 if processing gross weight is 100,000 defect bulb of 1,025 pound (lb) (465 kilograms)
Quasi- cubic feet (SCF) (1m3) gas.If gas processing step expends four hours, it produces 0.15 standard cubic foot
The flow of (SCFM) per minute (0.0042 sccm clock).It can be obtained using Xe of the described method for recycling
The exemplary yield obtained includes one or more such as lower extreme points：The total material supplies of Xe contained in being fed based on Glass lamp alveolar sphere,
50 volume % or higher, 55 volume % or higher, 60 volume % or higher, 65 volume % or higher, 70 volume % or higher, 75
Volume % or higher, 80 volume % or higher or 90 volume % or higher.What is be also described herein is a kind of device and system, its
The thick Xe mixtures are effectively captured from the product, optionally impurity is removed from the thick Xe mixtures, optionally will
Nitrogen is removed from the thick Xe mixtures, and the Xe of recovery or the process gas needed for other optionally are circulated back into production
Process.
Ending identical reference can refer to counter element in different embodiments herein, for example, 50,150,
250th, 350,450 each expression process controller.
Fig. 1 provides an embodiment of device described herein.As shown in figure 1, device 10 includes pressure vessel 20,
It has lid 22, bottom 24 and sluice valve 26.Some parts of device 10, such as sluice valve 26 and the motor 34 of disintegrating machine 32/ and mistake
Range controller 50 is electrically connected.Process controller 50 can be CPU, wireless signal receiver or other can indicate,
Receive or instruction and reception device 10 in one or more parts electric signal with enable or off-stream unit 10 in one or
The device of multiple parts.Process controller 50 can be additionally used in, for example, some aspects of supervising device 10, such as pressure, toxicity, Xe
Percentage or other specification.Device 10 is placed in the optionally shell 15 of ventilation (ventilating system is not shown).Pressure vessel 20
Pressure can be in the range of vacuum to 15PSIG (200kPa), and it is in fluid communication with pump (Fig. 1 is not shown).In pressure
The lid 22 at the top of container 20 allows defect bulb ball to be loaded into from feed hopper 5 in the chamber 21 of the pressure vessel 20.Positioned at institute
Stating the valve 26 on bottom 24 allows broken glass or glass residue and old metal to be removed from the container 20 by conduit 28
Into collecting vessel 30.Once bulb ball is loaded into the chamber 21 of container 20, all inlet points of the pressure vessel are closed.
In some embodiments, pump (not shown in figure 1) is then used to empty the pressure vessel 20 to reduce the amount of air, otherwise
It will pollute the thick Xe discharged from the bulb ball.The pump can be vavuum pump either semiclosed vortex pump, and it is provided
High compression ratio, have because of the limited pollution of pump seal leakage.In these or other embodiment, pump and the process controller
It is electrically connected.Once the chamber of the pressure vessel 20 is drained, disintegrating machine 32 is operated by being shown as 34 motor, and it is broken described
Defect bulb simultaneously discharges thick Xe, and the thick Xe further includes other gases, such as N2The hydrogen phosphide of the trace wherein included, first
Bromide and silane.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the disintegrating machine is located in the pressure vessel 20 and can be, such as
" jaw " formula disintegrating machine 32, such as, but not limited to such as JC-15 jaw crushers.The specific size of the disintegrating machine and pressure vessel
And/or type can the size based on bulb to be broken, the expection useful load of the disintegrating machine and required output and become
Change.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the motor 34 is electrically connected with the process controller 50.Device shown in Fig. 1 can be with
Optionally there is main body dust-precipitating system, it utilizes gas of the cyclonic separation tank by glass particle out of described pressure vessel (not shown)
Removed in body.
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 provides the example of the embodiment of system described herein.In the embodiment shown in figure 2, its
Capacity is about 12,500 bulbs.In this embodiment, 12,500 bulbs are crushed and produces 125000cc's or 4.4cu.ft.
Xenon.Referring now to the system 100 in Fig. 2, the air blower 111 for the main body dust of system 100 is located at the pressure
If the interior leakage that may occur when being externally exposed air in container 120 with the shell of elimination air blower.As described above,
Defect bulb or the carrying capacity of the wherein charging containing xenon are loaded into the feed hopper 105 and filled to certain capacity, and
And lid 106 is latched thereon.Pressure vessel 120 further includes pressure sensor 115.Valve 107 is opened and vavuum pump 140
System is evacuated to remove any residual air.In the system shown in Fig. 2, vacuum pipeline further includes and the pressure
The filter 113 that force container 120 is in fluid communication.After air is removed, the bulb disintegrating machine 132 is activated and will wherein wrapped
The bulb contained crushes.After the defect bulb is broken in disintegrating machine 132, the atmosphere in the pressure vessel 120 should
For the thick xenon gas mixture being mainly made up of Xe and remaining nitrogen and other trace gas.Afterwards, by means of vavuum pump 140
The thick xenon gas mixture is removed from the pressure vessel 120, wherein it is ultimately delivered to returnable and (indicated in such as Fig. 3
In 160).In the vacuum evacuation procedure of the pressure vessel 120, using pump 111 and with filter 125 dust-precipitating system
Close.After bulb crushes, the dust-precipitating system is opened to collect caused any remaining dirt in the shattering process.Institute
After dirt is collected more than stating, the main body dust-precipitating system is closed.Bulb carrying capacity in the pressure vessel 120 crushed and
Gas recovery containing Xe is sent to after returnable 160, and valve 126 is opened, so as to allow will be in pressure vessel 120 it is broken
The glass and metallic residue of bulb are discharged into collection bucket 130, and allow pressure vessel 120 to reach atmospheric pressure.Afterwards, receive
The glass from broken bulb of collection can recycle, for example, as the cullet for glass melt.Mixed in all thick Xe
Compound is after the recovery of pressure vessel 120, and disintegrating machine 132 is closed and the internal chamber of pressure vessel 120 is logical by opening valve 109
Wind returns to atmospheric pressure.Extra pressure sensor 117 and 119 is shown in system 100 to monitor the pressure in fluid line.In
Extra valve is provided at 121 further to be divulged information to the pipeline.System shown in Fig. 2 further includes process controller 150,
It is electrically connected with least one components described below in system：Such as, but not limited to, vavuum pump 140, valve 107, dust pump 111, valve
109th, ventilation valve 121 and ventilation valve 145.Process controller 150 also can be with one in the pressure sensor 115,117 and 119
Pressure of individual or multiple electric connections to monitor in the fluid line.As in apparatus 10, process controller 150 can be with
For CPU, wireless signal receiver or other can indicate, receive or indicate and reception system 100 in one or more
The electric signal of individual part with enable or deactivation system 100 in one or more parts device.
Referring now to Fig. 3, be shown as the returnable 160 of storage barrel can be located at outside major architectural with empty cylinder (not
Show) replace.Afterwards, can be sent to outside device full of storage barrel to be purified comprising thick Xe mixtures.It is Once purified, it is described
Xe can be sold as the merchant gas for glass bulb making or other production processes.
Referring again to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, vavuum pump 140 is restarted, and vacuum valve 145 is opened, and the thick Xe mixing reclaimed
Thing is stored into returnable or storage barrel 160 or other devices shown in Fig. 3.When vavuum pump 140 is by the pressure vessel 120
When recovering to vacuum, disintegrating machine 132 is closed, and pressure container valve 145 is closed, and vavuum pump 140 is closed, and compression pump 165 is transported
Turn until outlet pressure is stable.As recovery valve 145 is closed, ventilation valve 109 is opened, so that in the chamber of the pressure vessel
Pressure balance.Sluice valve 126 is opened, and broken bulb or glass residue thus are emptied into the collection bucket 130 (in Fig. 1
In being denoted as 30).The ventilation valve 109 is closed, and the sluice valve 126 is closed, and afterwards with the main body dust-precipitating system phase
The pump 111 of pass is closed.Afterwards, the system shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 prepares to receive the charging of next group defect bulb.In figure 3, come
Xe sensors 170 are flowed through from the thick Xe mixtures of defect bulb Fed-batch.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, Xe is passed
Sensor 170 is electrically connected with process controller 150.Afterwards, compression pump 165 by the thick Xe mixtures by particulate filter 180,
It is sent into by series of valves (such as valve 182 and check-valves 183) in returnable or storage barrel 160.The measurement recovery of pressure gauge 185 is held
The volume of thick Xe mixtures in device 160.Valve 181 is the pressure balanced by-passing valve of permission system inner outlet.
Fig. 4~8 provide the embodiment of system, and it captures from defect bulb ball and reclaims thick Xe mixing afterwards
Thing, and mixed afterwards by the way that any impurity contained therein is removed with purifying the thick Xe mixtures with the thick Xe purified
Compound.The system provided in Fig. 6~8 further nitrogen is removed from thick or purifying xenon gas mixture to recycle on the spot or
For in other production processes.Different from the system shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the system 200 in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 has the shell of ventilation
210 to allow to remove any poisonous impurities from the thick xenon gas mixture.In such systems, 223 be absorber or suction
Attached agent container, its poisonous impurities for being designed as removing in air-flow containing Xe are such as, but not limited to SiH4、PH3And CH3Br；243 be exhausting
Machine, to prevent the Human body package in bulb loading process in the case of fragmentation；247 be air exhauster, so that the device housings
Divulge information and ensure gathering for noncumulative toxic gas in shell.Fig. 7 provides a kind of embodiment, the dress wherein shown in Fig. 1
Put or Fig. 2, Fig. 4 or Fig. 6 shown in system in described thick Xe mixtures of any one or more generations be purified.It is described
Purifying Xe can deliver to storage container (storage container as shown in Figure 3) or be reused.Fig. 8 shows a kind of system, wherein
The purifying Xe compressed and be transported to returnable afterwards or storage container 360 in use.
Reference picture 4, the system 200 is operated by opening the filling opening 208 for shell of divulging information, and valve 239 is opened automatically
Open and start pump 243.The lid 206 on the pressure vessel 220 is removed balloon borne to receive the bulb from feed hopper 205
Amount, and the lid 206 of the pressure vessel 220 is fastened.The shell 210 of the ventilation is sealed against human body and entered
Enter, and valve 239 is closed and pump 243 is closed.Valve 207 and 231 unlatching after, pump 240 by the system be evacuated to vacuum with except
Any residual air and air gone in the pressure vessel 220 is discharged by valve 221.Pump 240 is closed and valve 207 is closed.Institute
Bulb disintegrating machine 232 is stated to open and crush bulb to generate and thus discharge thick xenon gas mixture.Crushed in bulb to carry
After glass residue, the main body dust-precipitating system is started by pump 211,240 open, relief valve 245, starts pump 265, and
The thick xenon gas mixture, which is sent in the returnable or storage barrel 260 (see Fig. 5), to be stored.When the pump 240 is by the pressure
When force container 220 is recovered to vacuum, pump 240 is closed, and valve 207 and 231 is closed, and the operation of pump 265 is until outlet pressure is stable.Institute
State valve 245 to close, valve 209 is opened and thus balances the pressure in the chamber of the pressure vessel, and valve 239 is opened, and pump 243 opens
It is dynamic.In the pressure vessel 220, the bottom valve 226 is opened, and thus, broken bulb or glass residue is emptied into receipts
In collection bucket 230.The valve 226 keeps it turned on a period of time to dilute the gas in the pressure vessel 226.Afterwards, valve 209 closes
Close and valve 226 is closed.Pump 211 is closed, and valve 239 is closed and P-243 is closed.Afterwards, the system prepares to receive its next group glass
Glass bulb is fed.
As described above, similar to the system 200 shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and system 300 and/or Fig. 8 shown in Fig. 7
Shown system removes the impurity in the thick Xe mixtures, but further by the way that the nitrogen wherein contained is removed to purify
The thick Xe mixtures.Referring again to Fig. 6, the system 300 is operated by opening the filling opening 308 for shell of divulging information, and
And 339 automatically turn on and start 343.The lid 306 on the pressure vessel 320 is removed comes from feed hopper 305 to receive
The balloon borne amount of bulb, and the lid 306 of the pressure vessel 320 is fastened.The ventilation shell 310 is sealed against
Human body enters, and valve 339 is closed and pump 343 is closed.After the unlatching of valve 307 and 334, the system is evacuated to very by pump 337
It is empty to remove any residual air in the pressure vessel 320.Pump 337 is closed and valve 334 is closed.The bulb disintegrating machine
Thus 332, which start simultaneously broken bulb, generates and discharges thick xenon gas mixture.Referring concurrently to Fig. 6 and Fig. 8, crushed in the bulb
After providing glass residue, the main body dust arrester is started by pump 311, and valve 345 is opened, and 365 start, and the thick xenon
Mixture is delivered in returnable or storage barrel 360 and stored.When the pump 365 recovers the pressure vessel 320 to vacuum,
Disintegrating machine 332 is closed, and valve 307 and 331 is closed, and pump 365 (see Fig. 8) operation is until outlet pressure is stable.The valve 345 closes
Close, valve 303 opens the pressure in the chamber for thus balancing the pressure vessel 320, and 339 open, and pump 343 starts.Described
In pressure vessel, the bottom valve 326 is opened, and thus, broken bulb or glass residue are emptied in collecting box 330.Institute
State valve 326 and keep it turned on a period of time to dilute the gas in the pressure vessel.Afterwards, valve 303 is closed and valve 326 is closed.
Pump 311 is closed, and valve 339 is closed, and 343 close.Afterwards, the system 300 prepares to receive the charging of next group glass bulb.Fig. 6
The shown system 300 shows the clarifier 323 for methyl bromide to be removed from the thick Xe mixtures.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, heat exchanger 408 and liquid nitrogen and/or other fluids of coolant source 415
Connection, liquid is condensed into by the thick xenon gas mixture from the system shown in Fig. 2,4 or 6, and by the He of low liquid level sensor 419
High level sensor 418 monitors；Phase separator 423 allows pure liquid xenon to continue to compress and store, and connects with the nitrogen purging fluid of source 425
It is logical；It is used for exhaust scrubber 427 in any poisonous gas that remain such as, but not limited to SiH4And/or PH3Lead to air vent 429
Residual toxic gas is collected before.
Fig. 7 further illustrates silane and hydrogen phosphide purification device 427, and the thick Xe mixtures are condensed into the condensation of liquid
Device 408, and the separator 423 for the nitrogen contained in the thick Xe mixtures to be removed, to provide the Xe of purifying, it can be just
Ground, which is reused in, produces new Glass lamp alveolar sphere, or for other production processes.In the cleaning system 400 shown in Fig. 7, process
Controller 450 is electrically connected with one or more parts, such as condenser 408, separator 423, clarifier 427, sensor 417~
419 and valve 403.
All systems described herein can further include one or more processing units 50,150,250,350 and 450
Process controller, CPU etc., it is electrically connected with any one or more parts in the system, such as but unlimited
In pressure vessel, valve, vavuum pump, main body dust arrester, disintegrating machine and/or thick Xe or purifying Xe returnable or storage container.
In some embodiments being shown here at, some or all fluids for being shown in described device, system or method
Pipeline is made of stainless steel, such as, but not limited to, 1/8 " (0.3cm) or 1/4 " (0.6cm) pipeline.However, other make material
Material can also be used for herein.
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1. for being captured in the product containing xenon therefrom and reclaiming the device (10 of xenon；100；200；300), it is included：
The pressure vessel (20 that can be sealed；120；220；320), it, which is included, is used for entering for the reception wherein product containing xenon
Mouth, product is obtained to discharge thick xenon and form the disintegrating machine (32 of residue；132；232；332), wherein, the pressure vessel
(20；120；220；320) it is provided with and vavuum pump (140；And optional main body dust arrester (111 240)；211；311) fluid connects
One or more logical pipeline, wherein the vavuum pump (140；240) it is used for before the product is crushed the institute for evacuating sealing
State pressure vessel；
Recovery line, rise from the pressure vessel (20；120；220；320), can be by thick xenon from the pressure vessel (20；
120；220；320) removed in；With
Process controller (50；150；250；350；450).
2. device (10 according to claim 1；100；200；300), it includes following one or more parts：
(a) feed hopper (5；105；205；305), for receiving the charging for including the product, and hold with the pressure is connected to
Device (20；120；220；320) conduit of entrance；
(b) collection vessel (30；130；230；330), itself and pressure vessel (20；120；220；320) connect described residual to receive
Slag；
(c) main body dust arrester (111；211；311), with the pressure vessel (20；120；220；320) it is in fluid communication to come to remove
From any remaining dirt of the residue；
(d) automatic valve (107 in the recovery line；207；307)；
(e) vavuum pump (140；240), wherein the vavuum pump (140；240) it is used to evacuate sealing before the product is crushed
The pressure vessel；And
(f) returnable (160；260；360), it can accommodate thick or purifying xenon or liquid xenon.
3. device (10 according to claim 2；100；200；300), wherein, the process controller (50；150；250；
350；450) with the pressure vessel (20；120；220；320), the disintegrating machine (32；132；232；332), the recovery tube
The automatic valve (107 in line；207；And the returnable (160 307)；260；One or more of 360) signal
Connection.
4. device (10 according to any one of claim 1 to 3；100；200；300), wherein, the pressure vessel
(20；120；220；320) it is contained in the shell (210 of ventilation；310) in.
5. the device (10 according to Claims 2 or 3；100；200；300), wherein, the returnable (160；260；
360) storage barrel is included.
6. the device (10 according to Claims 2 or 3；100；200；300), it, which is further included, is suitable to send by thick xenon
To the returnable (160；260；360) before, the clarifier (223 of the thick xenon is purified；323；427).
7. device (10 according to any one of claim 1 to 3；100；200；300), further include and be used for nitrogen
The separator (423) removed from the thick xenon.
8. the method for being captured therefrom in the product containing xenon and reclaiming xenon, optionally employ according to any in the claims
Device (10 described in；100；200；300), methods described includes：
The product is supplied to pressure vessel (20；120；220；320)；
Use vavuum pump (140；240) pressure vessel of sealing is evacuated；
The product is crushed to form residue and discharge thick xenon；
By recovery line, by thick xenon from the pressure vessel (20；120；220；320) removed in；And
By the residue from the pressure vessel (20；120；220；320) removed in.
9. according to the method for claim 8, wherein, the product includes glass.
10. method according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein, the product is bulb.
11. method according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein, the product is defect bulb.
12. method according to claim 8 or claim 9, further comprises, optionally by removing nitrogen, hydrogen phosphide, silane and first
At least a portion of at least one of bromide purifies the step of thick xenon is to form purifying xenon.
13. method according to claim 8 or claim 9, the step of further comprising condensing xenon to form liquid xenon.
14. method according to claim 8 or claim 9, further comprise thick xenon or purifying xenon or liquid xenon delivering to recovery
Container (160；260；360) the step of.
15. according to the method for claim 12, wherein, the purifying xenon is then reused.
16. according to the method for claim 13, wherein, the liquid xenon is then reused.
17. according to the method for claim 14, wherein, the purifying xenon or the liquid xenon are then reused.
18. include the system of device according to any one of claim 1 to 7.
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